The Sony Ericsson Rachael has finally been unveiled as the new Xperia X10. This sexy smartphone is the first offering from the Swedish-Japanese giant to sport Android, and it looks set to take the world with storm. It has a 4 inch touchscreen, microSD storage and a whopping 8 megapixel camera – all in a svelte form factor. But it doesn’t stop there – Sony Ericsson have taken the Android UI and added a level of polish never seen before on an Android device.

Since the Sony Ericsson P800, my first smartphone, I’ve been waiting for SonyEricsson to get their act together again and produce a phone with great hardware and software. Is this the one?

The Xperia X10 has a few more tricks up it’s sleeve too – from the expected features like activesync outlook integration, assisted GPS, and HSPA 3G for high speed data to the unexpected such as timescape to collate all your messaging in one place (much like Palm’s Pre this consolidates all your facebook, twitter, emails, texts etc in one place per contact), and automatic face recognition on your photos.

This phone will definitely move Android into new markets and to a much wider adoption.